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Matthew 27:57
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“Mystically, Joseph affords a figure of the Apostles.”
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57When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ disciple:
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55And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:
56Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s children.
— Matthew 27:57 —
58He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
59And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,